BREAKING: Paul Hodgkins receives 8 month sentence for Capitol insurrection

[brooklynite]

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[brooklynite]

1. "Hodgkins actively participated in an event that threatened ... "democracy itself"

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[brooklynite]

2. "It'll be harder to convince other countries to pursue democracy"

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[alphafemale]

3. Does not sound like a light sentence is coming.

Good.

[bottomofthehill]

22. Bullshit 8 months, not enough

Tough talk from the bench then 8 months.

Fuck

[Grins]

28. Agree.

If this was “an extraordinary event,” why not "an extraordinary” sentence?

Esp. when prosecutors wanted 18-months.

[brooklynite]

4. "he's less convinced that Hodgkins merely "lost his bearings" for a day."

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5. "a flag of a single individual over a nation."

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6. "assaulting the US Capitol and impeding the US congress...will have severe consequences,"

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uh oh...

[padah513]

9. We were thinking the same thing

Here comes the book

[bottomofthehill]

20. Fucking Archie and jug head comic book

8 fucking months
Fuck Fuck Fuck

They will do this again, and again until they get what they want.

[padah513]

7. From the judge

"People have to know that assaulting the US Capitol and impeding the US congress...will have severe consequences," Judge Moss says.

[bottomofthehill]

8. Lock his ass up.

He was on the Floor of the Senate, he may not have been one of the organizers but he was clearly one of the foot soldiers that made the insanity possible.

Fuck him

Domestic Terrorist

[Bluethroughu]

33. Meanwhile a man was released from Guantanamo after 19 years

For being Middle Eastern?

This sentence proves to these terrorists, a failed insurrection will only net a little less than a year in prison. I wonder if we'll see another civil war by these wackos in the next few years, they don't have anything to lose, and their prison time is nothing more than a reorganization effort to tell their wild stories and try again.

[brooklynite]

10. BREAKING: 8 month sentence

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[padah513]

11. Such a letdown

[Celerity]

12. Glenn Greenwald whingeing on about the whole thing (of course)

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[bottomofthehill]

13. 8 months is not enough

This is really starting to depress me. These fucking people attacked the US Capitol, this guy was on the Floor of the US Senate he literally chased the IS Senate from its chamber and is getting 8 months. This is bullshit.

[XanaDUer2]

15. I was hoping for 18

which still isn't enough

[IbogaProject]

14. 8 whole months in prison

8 whole months in prison. I hope post release supervision is 5 or more years.

[spanone]

16. Eight months...

severe consequence?

[Nevilledog]

17. Pre-sentence writer recommended 15 months.

This was not enough time.

[Elessar Zappa]

19. That's as much

as can be hoped for for most of the rioters. Most were first time offenders that were charged with misdemeanors. In fact, many will probably plea down to time served and probation, fines, and community service.

[spanone]

23. that's what the judge called it.

"People have to know that assaulting the US Capitol and impeding the US congress...will have severe consequences," Judge Moss says.

[Elessar Zappa]

25. I think they should

be punished much more severely but I don’t expect much.

[spanone]

26. CNN just reported that he plead guilty to a felony.

[tblue37]

36. No more guns for him, at least.

[alphafemale]

34. He did not vandalize or threaten anyone

I can live with him getting 8 months for walking around.

[Tomconroy]

18. Wow. He caught a big break.

Probation apparently recommended 15 months. He must have gotten a lot of credit for accepting responsibility and being the first one to plead knowing he would likely go to prison. I assume this is a departure from the sentencing guidelines. The judge must have stated his reasons on the record. It seems a little light to me.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

29. Has he been in prison since January/Feb? If so what's the status of time-served?

[Tomconroy]

30. No. He had been out.

[Champp]

21. Republicans did the crime. Now they must do the time.

Lock the Republican traitors up.

[brush]

24. 8 months? That's it? Too many republican judges everywhere.

[Tomconroy]

27. The judge did give him credit for being early to plead.

I guess he wanted to give an incentive for others to dispose of their cases.

[sinkingfeeling]

31. He's now a convicted felon. Take away his right to vote? Where

does he reside?

[Tomconroy]

32. I think he was from Florida.

[revmclaren]

35. Also...no penis replacements allowed (guns) from now on.

And you can bet his every move will be watched by law enforcement and the press. No weapons, no contact with any criminal element, etc.

His punishment doesn't end after federal prison.

[tblue37]

37. And his right to have guns.